different between repine vs bewail

English

Etymology

Believed to have been formed (with uncertainty, due to the unusual formation) as re- +? pine, with the verb giving rise to the noun (first attested in 1529 and 1593 respectively); compare the Middle English verb repinen (“(uncertain) to cause trouble to someone, grieve”) (from p?nen (“to cause pain, grieve, hurt, trouble; to starve, pine; to torment, torture”), from Old English p?nian), which may be related.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: r?p?n?, IPA^(key): /???pa?n/
• (General American) enPR: r?p?n?, IPA^(key): /???pa?n/, /??-/
• Hyphenation: re?pine

Verb

repine (third-person singular simple present repines, present participle repining, simple past and past participle repined)

1. (transitive) To fail; to wane.
2. (intransitive, now literary) To complain; to regret. [from early 16th c.]

Conjugation

Alternative forms

• repyne (obsolete, 16th century)

Derived terms

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “†re?pine, n.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “repine, v.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
• “repine, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2009
• “repine, v.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2009

Anagrams

• Priene, perine

English

Etymology

From Middle English bewailen, equivalent to be- (“over, about”) +? wail.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??we?l/
• Rhymes: -e?l

Verb

bewail (third-person singular simple present bewails, present participle bewailing, simple past and past participle bewailed)

1. To wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for
   • c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act V, Scene 6,^[1]

     […] Though in this city he

     Hath widow’d and unchilded many a one,

     Which to this hour bewail the injury,

     Yet he shall have a noble memory.

   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Luke 8:52,^[2]

     And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

   • 1820, William Wordsworth, “The Haunted Tree”^[3]

     […] when the wind

     Blows keenly, it sends forth a creaking sound

     (Above the general roar of woods and crags)

     Distinctly heard from far--a doleful note!

     As if (so Grecian shepherds would have deemed)

     The Hamadryad, pent within, bewailed

     Some bitter wrong.

Synonyms

• bemoan
• grieve
• lament

Derived terms

• bewailable
• bewailer
• bewailing
• bewailment

Translations

Anagrams

• Waibel